This page contains additions, changes and fixes to InstaMAT products. It's a living document that will be continuously updated after each release.
This release contains the following improvements and changes.
UX FIXED: Cursor getting stuck when interacting with UIUI FIXED: Search behavior when performing sequential searchesUI FIXED: Global search hiding graph categories toolbar UIUI IMPROVED: User Paths settings UI and custom packages handlingUI ADDED: Option to export textures to a custom pathUI ADDED: Maximum execution size settingUI ADDED: Quality parameter when exporting textures to disk as JPGUI ADDED: Support for graph Tags in Meta Data UIUI ADDED: Deauthorization option through the Settings panelUI FIXED: Several different input types errorsUI FIXED: Translated strings typos and messagesUI FIXED: Grayscale values not workingUI FIXED: Color sliders from the color picker not workingUI FIXED: Unsigned integers minimum range valuesUI FIXED: Removed search persistency when saving blend fileUI IMPROVED: Custom graphs category panelsUX IMPROVED: Changed loading text to spinning iconUX IMPROVED: Drawing gamma-corrected UI color picker to match visualized colors betterUX IMPROVED: Disabled by default popup message when updating a graph instanceUX IMPROVED: Immediately displaying instance settings when creating a new instanceUX IMPROVED: Grayscale values as percentage slidersUX IMPROVED: Automatically updating instance when update type is set to AutomaticUI FIXED: UI jumps when modifying graph instanceUI ADDED: Mesh preview for graph output nodesUI IMPROVED: Search behavior with filters and local searchUI IMPROVED: Name suggestions when creating graphs and instances to follow Unreal Engine styleUI IMPROVED: Hiding texture settings if a graph does not output textureUI FIXED: Invalid sliders values for some specific propertiesUI FIXED: Incorrect minimum and maximum values for some specific propertiesUI FIXED: Incorrect height of graph Tags UI elementUI ADDED: Support for graph Tags in Meta Data UIUI ADDED: Support for local searchUI ADDED: Plugin iconUX IMPROVED: Opening File Explorer/Finder when exporting textures to diskUX IMPROVED: Using Content Browser when importing graphUX IMPROVED: Using Content Browser when creating graph instanceUX IMPROVED: User Path list modificationsUX IMPROVED: Navigating Content Browser to InstaMAT Graph Instance object when creating new graph instanceThis release contains the following improvements and changes.
Layering
Mesh UV Shell Mask and Mesh Polygon Mask to create a mask based on a mesh UV shell and a mesh polygon selection. UV shells and polygons can be easily picked in the viewportMulti-Material (Unified) modeMesh ID to MaskCanvas and nodes
Symmetry Slice to mirror an image over a planeTriangle Pattern creates interesting irregular patterns of trianglesHex to ColorBlend node by hiding advanced controlsMesh Set Normal to assign vertex normals to a meshMesh Transfer Attribute to transfer vertex attributes from one mesh to another by ray-casting or searchMesh Tile for propreties such as normals, vertex colors and texture coordinatesMesh Target Scale to automatically adjust the size of one mesh based on a target meshAuto Crop for elongated shapesLevels and Curves have a new parameter to control the blend opacityMesh SubdivisionHDRI Compose to compose two high-dynamic range imagesHDRI Convolute to precompute HDRI convolutionsMesh Closest Point to find the closest point to a mesh within a specified radiusArray of UInt32Mesh Select Polygons By Volume to select an array of polygons based on a 3D volumeMesh Select Polygons By Direction to select an array of polygons based on a 3D directionMesh Extract By UV Shell to extract a submesh based on the UV shellMesh Extract By Polygons to extract a submesh based on an array of polygonsMesh Delete By Polygon to delete an array of polygons from the meshMesh Polygon To Vertex Selection to convert a polygon selection to a vertex selectionPointCloud from Mesh to create a point cloud based on an array selectionMesh Calculate Normals if the mesh contains a large number of degeneratesMesh Delete Degenerate Polygons to remove degenerate polygons from the meshMesh Painting in the canvasGeneral
Tutorials
Scatter Bake, learn how to dynamically scatter meshes over a plane and use them for material designOld Grassy Pavement, learn the basic workflows of Material Layering in this starter projectIntegrations and Plugins
InstaMAT for BlenderInstaMAT for Autodesk MayaInstaMAT for UnityInstaMAT for Unreal EngineLocalization
This release contains the following improvements and changes.
Localization — InstaMAT's user-interface is now localized with the help of AI translation.
Layering
Projection Mode is now Tri Planar.Canvas and nodes
Smooth and Segment Count parametersXMesh Baking:
Materialize Image
General
New tutorials